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hansfischer007 · 03-14-2011, 07:23 PM

Hey Guys......today my youngest son....who is an Instructor at a Police Academy near here.....had me come visit and gave me the "Grand Tour"...got to see all the class rooms...firing range...met his fellow instructors.....had a long talk with the Gunsmith and then I was given a tour of the "gun vault"...where ..some..of the Confiscated Pistols were kept.....most apparently that are taken away from criminals wind up being destroyed no matter make ..model..or how good....a very few are saved to be used in demonstrations.....anyway.....the Officer in charge of the vault let me look around....it was amazing....M-14s...M-16s...WW2 Thompsons...all types of pistols hanging on the wall pegs....single action colt .45s...Walther PPKs....Mauser HSC ....Webley 38s....and in the floor were two Large plastic tubs....he opened the top one up....it was FULL of pistols...near the top was a DWM Artillery Luger..all matching...about 75% condition...no date on it ....right underneath it...couple of WW2 .45s...then another Luger....Commercial model DWM....short barrel..no date...had GERMANY marked on lower front frame...Good Condition.....and he said these were all confiscated in robberies.....and the sad part of it was.....none of the serial numbers on any of the guns were on the Police Stolen Roster......so there was no way to locate the original owners....he said that IF someone has a pistol stolen....to please furnish the Police with the serial #.....if its stolen in Tennessee....and 3 years later taken off a crook in Montana....the Police Dept. there will enter the serial # into the computer system.....and the pistol will be reunited with the original owner.......so word to the wise .....write down all the Serial #s of your pistols and in fact make couple of copies.....and put them up......so God forbid if they get stolen....at least you will have a chance to get them back.........can you just imagine some punk going into a liquor store with that Artillery Luger..????.....anyway......just wanted to pass that on to you.......Hans Fischer

03-14-2011, 07:23 PM	#1
hansfischer007 User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sunny Tennessee Posts: 233 Thanks: 509 Thanked 96 Times in 48 Posts	Read--Weep...Take Heed Hey Guys......today my youngest son....who is an Instructor at a Police Academy near here.....had me come visit and gave me the "Grand Tour"...got to see all the class rooms...firing range...met his fellow instructors.....had a long talk with the Gunsmith and then I was given a tour of the "gun vault"...where ..some..of the Confiscated Pistols were kept.....most apparently that are taken away from criminals wind up being destroyed no matter make ..model..or how good....a very few are saved to be used in demonstrations.....anyway.....the Officer in charge of the vault let me look around....it was amazing....M-14s...M-16s...WW2 Thompsons...all types of pistols hanging on the wall pegs....single action colt .45s...Walther PPKs....Mauser HSC ....Webley 38s....and in the floor were two Large plastic tubs....he opened the top one up....it was FULL of pistols...near the top was a DWM Artillery Luger..all matching...about 75% condition...no date on it ....right underneath it...couple of WW2 .45s...then another Luger....Commercial model DWM....short barrel..no date...had GERMANY marked on lower front frame...Good Condition.....and he said these were all confiscated in robberies.....and the sad part of it was.....none of the serial numbers on any of the guns were on the Police Stolen Roster......so there was no way to locate the original owners....he said that IF someone has a pistol stolen....to please furnish the Police with the serial #.....if its stolen in Tennessee....and 3 years later taken off a crook in Montana....the Police Dept. there will enter the serial # into the computer system.....and the pistol will be reunited with the original owner.......so word to the wise .....write down all the Serial #s of your pistols and in fact make couple of copies.....and put them up......so God forbid if they get stolen....at least you will have a chance to get them back.........can you just imagine some punk going into a liquor store with that Artillery Luger..????.....anyway......just wanted to pass that on to you.......Hans Fischer